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Hello pirates, I am looking to start sailing the seas again but it's been a while looking for hardware requirements? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As the title states I am wondering what would be a good machine to build for my piracy. I am open to buying a used machine on eBay and expanding over time.

The last time I was sailing I had a Dell R610 Server Rack but I don’t have the space for this now. So something that can sit behind a tv stand in the corner next to the router.

I would be running Plex / Jellyfin
Some kind of torrent software
Something for NZBs if still viable
then the usual SONARR, RADARR, etc

I would like to be able to let friends connect from outside my house to stream media and allow them access so they can add films and the server goes off and finds them, extracts them, and adds them to the media server.

Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think around $40 depending on the model is a fair price. I have two at home and three in the works for off site backups lol. They're fun, frequently have surprising specs, and low energy draw

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Interesting. The first listing I look at had the price ranging from. £80 - £185. So either very inflated price or newer model.

eBay

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That listing is for a Sandy/Ivy bridge processor from 2011. I would really recommend something newer than Skylake at the minimum. For reference:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey, thanks so much for looking at the listing and also providing some resources.

This alone gets me on the right track and I really appreciate you taking the time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Something else to think about is future expandability. I'm assuming you'll start with an HDD or two, but what about after that? You'll either need to purge out your library or have a bunch of external drives connected. The Optiplex is a great thin client but it only has 1 or 2 SATA ports and one will likely always be used for your OS drive (SSD) which leaves only one internal slot for an HDD.

Also just some random advice, but if you want cheap drives, keep an eye out for WD Element or WD EasyStore external drives to go on sale. These are extremely easy to remove from their case and be used as an internal drive. Something else to check out would be serverpartdeals.com if you don't mind trying some used or refurbished enterprise drives. I bought my last 14TB drive from them for something like $100 and haven't had any issues. This is generally worth the risk since you can just download your media over again if the drive happens to crap out on you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I bought one across the pond at a university used store then some at an e-recycler. I'm not surprised ebay is different. Hope you can find a fair price!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Thanks. I’ll try look for places local to me that might e-cycle or somewhere that handles old tech at companies or universities.